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Breaking News: Ribery and Benzema Indicted for “Soliciting Underage Prostitutes”

Well, we discussed the possibility of this a few months ago. During the World Cup, the investigation was (at least publicly) put on pause. Now that its over and Ribery had a chance to go on a nice family holiday, the investigation resumed and culminated today in the indictment of Frank Ribery and [...]

Yéle Haiti

Since France’s early exit from the World Cup, French Star and Chelsea Winger Florent Malouda has been doing something extraordinary. The day after France’s loss to South Africa, Florent flew to Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti. He has joined up and become an ambassador of Wycelf Jean’s organization, Yéle Haiti, which is trying to help [...]

Les Bleus broke our hearts…and (as fans) we deserve better

With the events over the past few days, its easy to feel like the Bleus have turned their back on the fans
*Post written to the tune of Everybody Hurts by REM…audio at bottom of post (below the jump)*
Please note: The timeline of events has been updated thanks to additions and clarifications made in the [...]

2010 World Cup Friendly: Tunisia vs. France Preview

REMINDER: Liveblog begins 10 min before match is due to start!
Today the Bleus take on Tunisia in their second friendly before the World Cup.  Their first game against Costa Rica was largely a success last week, and the team will be hoping to establish a positive streak of games going into the tournament this summer. [...]

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Les Bleus News Roundup

Rayray – I knew you were into astrology, but who know you could channel spirits as well?
You’ve probably heard that France’s head coach, Raymond Domenech, released his preliminary list of players today for the World Cup- to see that list, see my previous post.  However, since he announced the group of players live on [...]

Les Bleus in Sex Scandal…Just what we need!

Proving that when it rains, it pours…making it hard to make our re-return!
Just what we need – another scandal.  We already fighting against stupidity, apathy and most of the world’s media – why not just add a sex scandal on top for good measure.  And not just a legal John Terry-esque sexual liason, funny sex [...]

Les Bleus News Roundup

Just a few months ago, the idea of  Domenech calling-up  Cisse was a joke?  Will France’s striker crisis mean Domenech will actually call-up Cisse for the France World Cup team?

I’ve been fretting about this since the start of 2010 – but James Horncastle has produced a much more thorough analysis of how [...]

France News Roundup

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What if John Terry had been a member of the French team instead of England- how different would things be? Wenger explains what Sepp Blatter attempted to say (and failed miserably).
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Journey to the 2010 World Cup: First Stop, Spain

South Africa is now less than four months away (opening game is June 11th) and while most countries have arguably been preparing for this tournament for 4 years- Raymond Domenech has declared that his preparation will really start next Wednesday when France play Spain. Our approach to qualification makes so much more sense now…
But, [...]


 
 
 
 
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